Relationships between collective scientific knowledge and country's economic prosperity and competitiveness have been described. Hence, interaction between industry and academic institutions is seen as a way to valorize this knowledge at social and economic levels. The ability to translate scientific knowledge in social and economic benefits is now receiving most of the funding for public research. However, and despite the evident long‐term benefits of funding applied science, drastic reduction of budget for fundamental research may eventually lead to the opposite outcome.

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重新思考生物科学的主要目标：没有基础研究就可以建立新知识吗？

描述了集体科学知识与国家经济繁荣和竞争力之间的关系。因此，行业与学术机构之间的互动被视为一种在社会和经济层面上增值该知识的方法。现在，将科学知识转化为社会和经济利益的能力正在获得公共研究的大部分资金。然而，尽管资助应用科学具有明显的长期利益，但基础研究预算的急剧减少最终可能导致相反的结果。